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Well put. Is it possible to fight against the police state without putting technological fences around it?
by quantumpotato_ 13y ago
Well put. Is it possible to fight against the police state without putting technological fences around it?
- unclebucknasty 13y agoI would say that the degree to which we defend ourselves with fences is the degree to which we are "losing". The very need for fences is born of government encroachment. If we constantly need more, better, and bigger fences, then it can only be a measure of the degree of this encroachment. And, ultimately, this cat and mouse game is one that we will lose. The government has unlimited resources, including those which we ourselves contribute, ironically. And, of course, the government has the law on its side. Therefore, it is only by changes to this law and subsequent real enforcement that we have a hope. Otherwise, they will use the force of law, including these very powers that we are trying to curtail. There is no "winning" against this, save for a reclamation of the law.
- quantumpotato_ 13y agoYou have a very valid point. But until the law is changed significantly so that you say "we, the people" have our freedom, do you think technology should be used to protect against government? Or do you recommend citizens abandoning their fences and working to change the law?